NFL standings, Week 10: AFC playoff race tightens

If somebody tells you they know how the AFC playoff picture is going to shake out, you should start yelling at them. Call them a liar, and then defriend them on Facebook. Rip into them on Twitter, and then tell your friends about this monster. Don’t let he or she lie to you.

After nine weeks of the 2015 National Football League season, we have a cluster of the most epic proportions. Oddly enough, three of the four divisions are all but settled with the New England Patriots, Cincinnati Bengals and Denver Broncos all but certain to win their respective divisions. In fact, those three teams are going to be the top seeds in the AFC, with the order yet to be determined.

However, the wild card picture is a mess. It’s probably you can cross off the teams with only two wins. The Baltimore Ravens, Cleveland Browns, San Diego Chargers, Tennessee Titans and Jacksonville Jaguars are out of the race. The Houston Texans and Indianapolis Colts will fight for the AFC South crown, with the loser having virtually no shot of a wild card spot.

In the final analysis, this leaves the Oakland Raiders, Kansas City Chiefs, Pittsburgh Steelers, New York Jets, Miami Dolphins and Buffalo Bills to fight for two spots. Oakland and Kansas City play each other twice, while Pittsburgh has already beaten the Raiders but lost to the Chiefs. Miami and Buffalo have a rematch later this year at Sun Life Stadium, with the Bills having beat the Dolphins this week. New York is yet to play Buffalo, and already topped the Dolphins in London (technically a home game for the Fins).

Got all of that? Yeah, me neither. Here’s the Week 10 NFL standings:

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With less than two months to go, we are in for a ridiculously wild ride.